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Mountain · Peru

Nevado Hualcán

Elevation
6,122 m
#251
in the world
#16
in Peru

Nevado Hualcán is a mountain in Peru, rising to 6,122 m, the 16th highest we list in Peru.

Nearest town
35 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Nevado Hualcán

Nevado Hualcán lies in Peru, in Ancash.

Key facts

Elevation
6,122 m (20,085 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Ancash
Coordinates
-9.203, -77.518

How it ranks

Among peaks in Peru
#16of 47
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#251of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Copa6,188 m8.5 km
Huascarán6,768 m13 km
Nevados Chopicallqui6,354 m14 km
Huascarán Norte6,664 m16 km
Nevado Yanapaccha5,326 m22 km
Cerro Rocotopunta4,400 m26 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Nevado Hualcán.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
CentenarioPeru47,58135 km
HuarazPeru118,83636 km
HuarmeyPeru16,172119 km
ChimbotePeru316,966119 km
CoishcoPeru15,083122 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.